Get your act together!

"It is not the critic who counts,
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man
who is actually in the arena;
Whose face is marred by dust, sweat & blood;
who strives valiently;
who errs, comes short again & again;
who knows the great enthusiasms,
the great devotions, and
spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement;
and who, at the worst, if he fails,
at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.''

-- Pres. Theodore Roosevelt


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smile with the rising sun!

Three little birds





"Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', ("This is my message to you-ou-ou:")

Singin': "Don't worry 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry (don't worry) 'bout a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"

Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', "This is my message to you-ou-ou:"

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!"
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing" - I won't worry!
"'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."

Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right" - I won't worry!
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right."
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, oh no!
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!

------- Bob Marley

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Today's quotes

Women are like tea bags. We don't know our true strength till we are in hot water --Eleonor Roosevelt

Like water, be gentle & strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth, & strong enough to rise up & reshape the world.




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Good thoughts

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.
Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it." ~ M. Scott Peck

You may delay, but time will not." ~Benjamin Franklin

The time to begin most things is ten years ago." ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966


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Today's quote

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow -- Albert Einstein

In all things, it is better to hope than to despair -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Dum spiro, spero (latin), "While I breath, I hope" --Latin proverb


When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. I just hope I win this battle.



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Today's quote

"The one certainty about the time ahead..
is that there will be turbulent times,
& in turbulent times, our first task as an organization
is to make sure of our capacity for survival,
to make sure of our structural strength & soundness,
of our capacity to survive a blow,
to adapt to sudden change & to avail of new opportunities
EVEN in the midst of turmoil & change.

--adapted from Peter Drucker




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Invictus

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903



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Love quotes

Love comes when manipulation stops, when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you -- Dr. Joyce Brothers

"The hottest love has the coldest end."--Socrates




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Today's quotes

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others - Cicero


He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. - Epictetus


To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. --- Johannes A. Gaertner


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Good trade for USD/CHF

(take note: genuine trade with a ticket number)
Entry Position at 1.0524
stoploss at 1.0455
always place stops when you have a gaining position so when price moves in your opposite trade, you will still have a winning trade.

1st Exit at 1.0438 - gaining 86 pips





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USD/CHF

Just getting to know this quiet, not so volatile currency pair USD/CHF, plus the Aussie pairs AUD/USD and AUD/JPY

For intra-day analysis
Price breaks at 1.0588 will have a high probability of a short term bullish
Price breaks below 1.0535 will have a high probability of short term bear
The key in every entry, before entry are: Patience, Momentum and Timing!

In the bigger picture, USD/CHF is possibly in the process of forming a medium term sideway pattern that started as the long term bottom of 0.9634 (2008 low). The pair might continue to stay in converging range of 0.9641/1.2296 for a while. A break of either 0.9916 support or 1.1729 resistance is needed to indicate that USD/CHF is back into a directional trend. Otherwise, medium term outlook will remain neutral.



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Today's quote

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt


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Fundamental Announcements

Announcements for July 27, 2007


US Time Currency Previous

2:00am	CHF		UBS Consumption Indicator		1.74
2:00am	EUR		GfK German Consumer Climate		3.5
2:00am	EUR		German Import Prices m/m		0.6%
4:00am	EUR		M3 Money Supply y/y		-0.2%
4:00am	EUR		Private Loans y/y		0.2%
6:00am	GBP		CBI Realized Sales		-5
9:00am	USD		S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y		3.8%
10:00am	USD		CB Consumer Confidence		52.9
10:00am	USD		Richmond Manufacturing Index		23
9:30pm	AUD		CPI q/q		0.9%
9:30pm	AUD		Trimmed Mean CPI q/q		0.8%
11:00pm	NZD		NBNZ Business Confidence		40.2

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Good Thoughts

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's learning how to dance in the rain"


Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble -- Carl Jung


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Today's quotes

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. --Vince Lombardi

All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them --Walt Disney



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Today's good thoughts,

"Its only when you've lost everything that you're free to do anything" -- Fight Club movie




Just remember--when you think all is lost, the future remains --Robert H. Goddard

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What is...

Margin is a performance bond, or good faith deposit, to ensure against trading losses. The margin requirement allows traders to hold a position much larger than the account value. There are a lot of brokers' online trading platform has margin management capabilities, which allow for this high leverage. Some brokers have the most lenient margin requirement which is .5%.

In the event that funds in the account fall below margin requirements, the Brokers' Dealing Desk will close some or all open positions. This prevents clients' accounts from falling into a negative balance, even in a highly volatile, fast moving market.

For example, let's say you have an account with $10,000. That means you have $10,000 of usable margin. If you use $7,000 to buy 7 lots of USD/JPY, you now have $3,000 of usable margin left, meaning that you are allowed to lose $3,000 before you are under the margin requirement. The account equity remains at $10,000 until you begin to make or lose money on the position. Now, if the USD/JPY decreases to the point that you end up losing the $3,000 which is left in your account, then Broker's Dealing Desk will close all of your positions to ensure that you do not lose more than you have in your account.

Managing your risk in the financial market: If the equity in your account drops below the margin required to maintain your open positions, the dealing desk will close all open positions. This guarantees limited risk. You also have the ability to track your margin in realtime. In the accounts window you will see 2 columns: used margin; usable margin. The used margin indicates funds currency pledged towards open positions. You can think of usable margin as your “wiggle” room. Once usable margin reaches zero, a margin call will ensue & all positions will be closed, are subject to liquidation at the prevailing market prices by dealing desk this is the margin watcher feature.

Simply put.. Margin is the amount of necessary money needed to place/maintain a position.
Margin Level Percentage is calculated by taking:

Equity/Margin x 100 - Margin Level Percentage
Equity (your true Account Value) is your Balance +/- any open positions.In normally leveraged accounts.

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Today's quote

What lies behind us & what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us --Walt Emerson


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Whatever tomorrow brings...

This very early in the morning, I just remembered what my mother, father & brother only knows.

Most of the time, words cannot express the whole emotion of the moment. [and best heard with good speakers (",) ]

Incubus says or rather sings it better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zN9vd9WUiA&feature=PlayList&p=D6EAF7D5323C0C30&playnext_from=PL&index=27


"Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there,
with open arms and open eyes, yeah.
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there,
I'll be there.... "



Overall, the week was good ... to make peace with oneself:

Bach: Air in G : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MYzkBiJn5Y&feature=PlayList&p=13C51D531C82E23D&playnext_from=PL&index=11





and Celtic Woman: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPeVIuRjUi4&playnext_from=TL&videos=2Be4aebwngg





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Desiderata

Let me remind myself of these words by Max Ehrmann...




Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952.

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Good feel Friday

Got this from another blog... just sharing ..

Off to get married

On their way to getting married, a young couple is involved in a fatal car accident. They find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates, waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they begin to wonder: Could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter shows up, they ask him. St. Peter says, 'I don't know. This is the first time anyone has asked that. Let me go and find out,' and he leaves.

The couple sit and wait, and wait. Two months pass and the couple is still waiting. As they wait, they discuss that if they were allowed to get married in Heaven, what was the eternal aspect of it all. 'What if it doesn't work?' they wondered. 'Are we stuck together forever?'

After yet another month, St. Peter finally returns, looking somewhat bedraggled. 'Yes,' he informs the couple, 'you can get married in Heaven.'

'Great!' says the couple, 'But we were just wondering, what if things don't work out? Can we also get a divorce in Heaven?'

St. Peter, red-faced with anger, slams his clipboard onto the ground.

'What's wrong?' ask the frightened couple.

'OH, COME ON!' St. Peter shouts, 'It took me three months to find a priest up here! Do you have any idea how long it'll take me to find a lawyer?'







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Fundamental Announcements

Significant Fundamentals ( US Time )


7:00am CAD Employment Change
7:00am CAD Unemployment Rate
8:30am USD Non-Farm Employment Change
8:30am USD Unemployment Rate



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Letting Go...

June 1t was a good day to let go of something that reminds me of somebody...


as by Anna Nalick...


And hiding underneath my blankets and sheets
I'm finally free
I'm killin' the ghost of you, and I'm close to
Awakening me

Yeah, yeah
So I'm takin' my heart and I'm gettin' me out
And love's something that I wouldn't wanna live without
So I'm takin' my heart and I'm gettin' me out
On my own, my own, my own

Well, it takes all of my strength to be stable
And I force your insults under the table
And if you were wise you would compromise
And allow me to live my way
'Cause I am not a force to be reckoned with
And you don't have a clue what you're messin' with
And you can't see to the best in me
'Cause it's more than your heart can take




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EURUSD

Waiting for a good opportunity to form... Just take note of the price break for triangle formations before entering the trade, timing is very important. Hopefully this would be a good chart for a break out, Moving averages are contracting, so let's see, it's 3:30am from where I am.

Fundamental Announcements later:

EUR Retail Sales 5:00am US Time
USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change 8:15am US Time
USD Unemployment Claims 8:30am US Time


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Thankful!

It's a good start for this month... have unloaded already 3 major issues this week ... and hopefully will be negotiating for a better deal to unload another 3 major issues next week. If I would be able to get a trustworthy helper, then it would be much faster. Just keep reminding myself to stay on the right track, to focus! FOCUS!



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My quote for today...

The only way to learn strong faith is to endure strong great trials --George Muller


109 more days ....


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Missing this blog

It's been more than a year of absence.... So many things have happened, tasks to do... Hopefully I can find time to blog again... And a major blog design make-over, ahahaha!

For those who have been in my blogroll, forgive me for deleting... My blog was hacked a few months back, that everytime I go to my link, it seems to re-direct me to another site so I have to delete the codes one by one, including the blogroll. I will put it back so hopefully be bloghopping again ;)

Please message me if you have included me in your blogs so I can include yours as well ok ;)


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